This is an appeal by Hopewell Chin’ono (the appellant) against the decision by the Provincial Magistrate denying him bail pending trial on the allegations preferred against him in the case CRB HREP 353/2020. The allegations against appellant as reflected in form 242 are that appellant a freelance journalist published a false statement to members of the public during the period between 5 January 2021 and 7 January 2021 through his twitter handle Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope alleging that a 9 month old child had been beaten to death by an officer/ member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police when the police officer... More
The applicant was granted bail by myself on application filed under case number B1359/20. The bail was granted on 2 September, 2020. The applicant faces charges of incitement to commit public violence as defined in s 187 (1) (a) as read with s 36(1) (a) and s 36 (a) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The details of the bail orders which I granted were as follows:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. Accused is granted bail on the following conditions:-
1.1. The conditions of bail imposed on accused in case number CRB ACC 77/2020
shall apply in... More
This is an application for alteration of bail conditions to enable the applicant to uplift his passport from the Clerk of Court so that he is able to travel to South Africa to deliver a keynote address at a journalism event on 14 August 2021 and for the temporary suspension of his reporting conditions for the duration of his 7 day stay in that country. More
Prior to May, 2001 the applicant was the owner of a piece of land which is known as Glebe [“Glebe”]. Glebe is situated in the district of Goromonzi. It is 669.19 hectares in extent. More
The applicant issued summons against the respondents seeking an order that
1. 3rd to 5th respondents be ordered to vacate the remaining extent of “The Glebe” measuring 142.38 hectares which was allocated to the applicant;
2. The respondents be ordered to comply with and respect the order of the Administrative Court in case number LA2898/02;
3. The respondents be interdicted from harassing and interfering with the plaintiff and its affairs at “The Glebe” farm;
4. Any other document or authority in relation to the piece of land allocated to the plaintiff and captured in the order of the Administrative Court... More
